...03 Mar 2008 10:31:08 GMT, "andy-k" <spam.free@last> wrote: "chazwin" wrote: The teapot has exactly the same status as a personal revelation. Russell chose it, he did not choose... case for revelation there. I'm not convinced that Russell had a revelation of a celestial teapot -- more that he chose it as an example of something that is logically possible and empirically irrefutable....
... am, "andy-k" <spam.free@last> wrote: "chazwin" wrote: The teapot has exactly the same status as a personal revelation. Russell ... an observer's point of view that one man who makes a teapot claim is no different from a "saint" having a revelation from ... I'm not convinced that Russell had a revelation of a celestial teapot -- more that he chose it as an example of something that is ...
... Russell'ss drive to postulate the Celestial Teapot seems equally private. I assume that Russell's drive to postulate the celestial teapot didn't come from personal revelation, and ...t have chosen the example of a celestial teapot, but something more akin to the visions of...launch his attack directly upon personal revelation. The teapot has exactly the same status as a ...
..., the existence of such a teapot were affirmed in ancient books, ... in an earlier time." -- Russell's teapot But it is not so much... contains. Some think that the teapot contains Earl's Grey Tea, .... Tetley. Others insist that the teapot is empty and that you ... true beleiver knows that the teapot is full of nourishing warm "... the Big Breakfast. Praise the teapot!!! Those that do not believe ...
...> "Ed" wrote: Russell'ss drive to postulate the Celestial Teapot seems equally private. I assume that Russell's drive to postulate the celestial teapot didn't come from personal revelation, and so isn't 'private' ...> revelation then he wouldn't have chosen the example of a celestial teapot, but something more akin to the visions of John the Baptist and ...
...Earth and Mars there is a china teapot revolving about the sun in an elliptical...I were careful to add that the teapot is too small to be revealed even... however, the existence of such a teapot were affirmed in ancient books, taught ...Inquisitor in an earlier time." -- Russell's teapot But would it be an 'assertion'...to say that there is such a teapot? Really, you only describe a case where...
"Art" <null@zilch.com> wrote in message news:qdcis39lic9175rm40509ettlqkelv4s7n@4ax.com... The joke is that every age has its celestial teapots and every age believes it is enlightened. Art http://home.epix.net/~artnpeg Very true - gods come and go - belief systems come and go - civilizations rise and die - and the latest is not necessarily always the best. The truly ...
... the angel Gabriel than there is to postulate the Celestial Teapot? I can't see any, but I can see there'd be ...to postulate, say, quarks than there is to postulate the Celestial Teapot. The pertinent question I'm speaking of is "what publicly observed phenomena .... And now millions accept his postulates. Russell'ss drive to postulate the Celestial Teapot seems equally private.
...> Is there more logical reason to postulate the angel Gabriel than there is to postulate the Celestial Teapot? I can't see any, but I can see there'd be more logical reason to postulate, say, quarks than there is to postulate the Celestial Teapot. The pertinent question I'm speaking of is "what publicly observed phenomena is this postulate intended to ...
